Gay marriage is in the news a lot lately. Where I live — in Ontario, Canada — gay marriage has been legal for a few years now. Even the most homophobic of Ontario citizens have simply gotten used to the fact that we consider all love equal.

In Scotland, though, the same can't be said. Bryan Morgan and Richard Brown of Saltcoats, Scotland, have filed for divorce just 18 months after their marriage. Apparently, they have been the victims of numerous verbal and physical attacks.

While it is tragic that gay men and women are the victims of verbal abuse, many have come to expect it. In no way do I condone verbal abuse, but gay people all over the world understand that people just aren't very tolerant. But physical abuse? Attacks and violence and vandalism? Where are the police?

"Gangs of up to 15 youths were outside shouting abuse, throwing bricks and trying to break my door down," says Bryan. Gangs now? Bricks?

Like pioneers for women's rights, religious rights, and ethnic rights, pioneers for gay rights are being persecuted just like others were in the most abominable times in human history. It shocks me that this behavior continues in a first world country with an apparent democracy. Whether these perpetrators like it or not, the Scottish government has made gay marriage legal.

I am disgusted.

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